BIO004 - Module 3

Question 1

defined as a body of thoroughly tested and verified explanations for a
set of observations of the natural world.

Answer 1

Theory

Question 2

Considered as the first scientific explanation of evolution and proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck

Answer 2

Lamarckism and the Inheritance of Acquired Traits

Question 3

If an individual transforms, heredity will adjust.

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Lamarckism

Question 4

“Organisms CHANGE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioural traits, which will allow an organism to better adapt to its environment and have more
offspring

Answer 4

Darwinism and Evolution through Natural Selection

Question 5

Darwinian evolution encompasses several different, but mutually compatible, theories:

Answer 5

-Perpetual Change
-Common Descent
-Multiplication of Species
-Gradualism
-Natural Selection

Question 6

The living world is neither constant nor perpetually cycling. It is always changing.

Answer 6

Perpetual Change

Question 7

Organisms undergo transformation across generations throughout time

Answer 7

Perpetual Change

Question 8

All forms of life descended from a common ancestor through a branching
of lineages

Answer 8

Common Descent

Question 9

Species that share a recent common ancestry have more similar features than do species whose most recent common ancestor is an ancient one

Answer 9

Common Descent

Question 10

The evolutionary process produces new species by splitting and transforming older ones

Answer 10

Multiplication of Species

Question 11

reproductively distinct populations of organisms that usually, but not always, differ
from each other in form, and can no longer interbreed among other members of different
species

Answer 11

Species

Question 12

The DNA of a population of a species will drift apart when separated by
distance because they will start developing their own unique trait in respond to their new environment and they will only share these new traits within their population. This leads to the formation of new species

Answer 12

Speciation

Question 13

There is a continues exchange of genes between 2 or more populations of the same species, therefore preventing/slowing down the process of speciation.

Answer 13

Gene Flow

Question 14

The large differences in anatomical traits that characterize different species originate through
the accumulation of many small changes in the genes over very long periods of time

Answer 14

Gradualism

Question 15

Organisms are constructed to meet the demands of
their environments

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Natural Selection

Question 16

Propositions of Natural Selection

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-Overproduction
-Variation
-Competition
-Selection
-Adaptation

Question 17

An organism must make lots of offspring to maintain its population, but not all
will survive adulthood.

Answer 17

Overproduction

Question 18

There will always be variations (difference in anatomical, behavioral, or
physiological traits) among the population. (“Everybody is different.”)

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Variation

Question 19

Because natural resources (like food and shelter) are limited, there is a struggle
for existence among members of a population. (“Survival of the fittest.”)

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Competition

Question 20

Variants/Traits that permit their possessor to adopt better to their
environments will survive to breed and pass on their characteristics. (“Some are
better than the others”)

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Selection

Question 21

The expected result of the accumulation the most favorable traits occurring in a
population leads to the production of new species overtime.

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Adaptation

Question 22

Evidences of Evolution

Answer 22

-Embryologic Development
-Comparative Anatomy
-The Fossil Record
-DNA Comparisons
-Distribution of Species